James williams



No. 609,859. Patented Aug. 30, I898.

' J. WILLIAMS. APPARATUS FOR STRIPPING FLATS 0F CARDINE ENGINES.

(Application filed Dec. 10, 1897.)

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'N-ITED ST T S PATENT OFFICE.

' JAMES WILLIAMS, OF SALFORD, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR STRIPPING F| ATS OFCARDING-ENGINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,859, dated August 30, 1898.

Application filed December lO, 1897. Serial No. 661,443. (No model.) w

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES WILLIAMS, machinist, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at SpringfieldWorks, Springfield Lane, Salford in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus-for Stripping'the Flats of carding-Engines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for stripping the waste from the revolving flats of carding-engines.

It consists, essentially, in mounting the oscillating bar of the stripping-comb in brackets capable of moving to and from the flats and resting upon a fixed arm or bracket in conjunction with a revolving cam or other device provided with surfaces parallel with the face of the flat wires when the flats are in position to be stripped.

It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which sufiicient of a carding-engineis shown to illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2, afront elevation; Fig. 3, a plan; 'Fig. 4, a sectional detail of stripping-comb and flats; Fig. 5, a side elevation of the cam plate or disk L detached.

The disk or pulley A over which the flats revolve is mounted upon the shaft a and ro-- tated in the usual manner. The disk may be of any ordinary construction or it may be a plain disk with a second disk A indented at a to engage with the pivots b on the ends of the flats B and cause the flats to travel.

The comb-bar F of the stripping-comb D is mounted at either end in bearings c in brackets O, mounted on slides e on fixed or stationary arms E. The brackets O are capable of moving or sliding to and fro on the slide e of the arm E and are drawn toward the flats by the spiral spring 6 or other suitable spring or weight or the arm E may be inclined and the bracket 0 move toward the flats of their own gravity.

On either end of the shaft 0. is placed a cam or disk L, with a number of surfaces H, shaped to correspond to the face of the wires of the flat, either flat orc-ur'ved,'as desired; and in addition to the surfaces H, I preferably form anumber of indents 72/ to correspond with the spaces between the flats.

To each of the brackets C in which the os- .cillating comb-bar F is journaled is affixed an adjustable device G, such as a screw or bracket, which bears against the surfaces H cessively comes into positionto be stripped,

the cam L rotates, and the surfaces H and indents h, against which the adjusting screws or devices G bear, cause the brackets (land the stripping-comb D to approach to and re cede from the surface of the flats, so that in its stroke the comb will always approach to within the same distance of the wire. The indents h permit the comb to enter between the flats to strip the edges thereof.

. The desired oscillating movement is imparted to the comb-bar F and comb D by a crank M, affixed to one endof the bar, which is connected to a rotating crank or crank-pin n on a wheel or disk N by a connecting rod or link m. The disk or pulley N is rotated by a strap, and the shaft on is connected with it and rotated by it by the worm and wormwheels 12, n, and 01'.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. Apparatus for stripping the flats of re volving carding-engines, comprising a comb and oscillating comb-bar, sliding brackets in which the comb-bar is pivoted and a rotating disk rotating about the same center as the flats withsurfaces around its periphery which form a guide for a projection from the sliding bracket and a projection on the said bracket engaging the surfaces of the disk.

2. In apparatus for stripping the flats of revolvin g carding-engines the combination with the comb and comb-bar and sliding brackets in which the comb-bar is pivoted capable of being moved to and from the flats of surfaces parallel'to the face of the flats to be stripped, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In apparatus for stripping the revolving flats of carding-engines, the combination with the oscillating comb and comb-bar and sliding brackets provided with projections to enbar is pivoted at c, the fixed arm E i ipon which the bracket slides,'the spring e which draws the bracket toward the flats, and the cam L 15 to adjust the positionof the edge of thestripping-comb relative to the flats.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.-

JAMES WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

I. OWDEN OBRIEN, R. OVENDALE. 

